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It’s a story as old as, well, the six years since the pandemic: one-man project is given birth during the days of lockdowns and isolation. Eventually, once the lockdowns are lifted, that one-man project slowly gets fleshed and filled out to the existence of a full band where one person had previously spent their forced

Grungy hardcore duoSWAMPFOOT keep the Caps Lock on in their new video for the track “AIM LOW.” In fact, the emphatic New Yorkers are an all-caps, all-the-time kind of band and that spirit carries through in their new video. The pair—Cliff Hodson (vocals/bass) and Jordan Greene (drums)—are shot performing live via an ever-turning fisheye lens,

Smokey Goretooth reporting for duty with a new “Do I Suck?,” MetalSucks’ version of “Am I The Asshole?” where we take real life horror stories and bring them to our readers to decide if the OP sucks for some bullshit they may or may not have done. This week, we have a story from a

Spanish drone-doom sectPylarare back with their ninth album,Delyrio, another descent into the strange darkness the quintet are so used to exploring. Steeped in occultism and cosmic horror,Delyriomoves in waves and swirling energy as much as in traditional doom metal structure. The dual vocal approach from Ibb-ib’thu The Renegade and Linea Serpentinata only adds to the

Hey everyone, Dave Mustcomplain here. I had a banner fucking weekend celebrating this great country’s 250th birthday. Had my neighbor Stan over and we got shitfaced on margaritas while blasting Jimmy Buffet’s greatest hits until his dipshit kid blew the tip of his finger off with a firecracker. Had to drive the stupid little fucker

We don’t know if they were inspired by the recent “Revivalcore” nostalgia for early ’00s metalcore, but the, ahem, core—guitarists Dave Buschemeyer and Trevor Dykstra—of Canadian blackened metalcore outfit Spread the Disease have reunited on a new full-length,The Darkness, the Dread, the Suffering. The pair brought in current Fistula vocalist Shane Post and enlisted the

I wanted to take the time to reflect on what this journey has been like and on the impact my band has had over the last twenty years, going from relative obscurity to the world’s premier goblin metal band. It’s hard to imagine a world without Goblin Metal, yet twenty years ago, that’s what life

We know, we know –it’s a bank holiday weekend, so let’s make it snappy. There are beers to be had, hot dogs to be grilled, weed to be smoked, fireworks to be set off, and fingers to be blown to smithereens by said-fireworks –all of the above, in that precise order. We get it. If

Photo by Ryan Paluczak Noise rock trio Iron Linings return with the first single from debut full-length, Urban Abyss, out August 7 via The Ghost Is Clear Records. Hailing from St. Louis, Missouri’s Iron Linings formed in 2020 and dropped a debut EP, followed by a split on The Ghost is Clear Records. “Error City”

These days, you have to more than fake it to make it, and typically speaking, it all boils down to personal branding. You have to be a content creator. You have to make every single person on Instagram and TikTok guess which person in your band is actually the drummer, and which of you are

For more than three decades, Enslaved have explored the cross between history, spirituality, and progressive extremity. Their latest release, “Spirit Helper,” pushes that ethos into new territory, pairing the Norwegian legends with Kevin Kicking Woman, an Elder of the Blackfeet Nation, in a collaboration born from friendship and cultural exchange rather than a one-off studio

Swedish stoner grooversLommi‘s latest album,667788, has been out for almost a year, but we couldn’t say no to offering up the premiere of the their brand new video for the track “Rather.” The song itself is rolling, rumbling riff-laden gut punch, that, in this instance, has absolutely nothing to do with the video we’re presenting,

For those keeping score, Decibel’s co-nerds first encountered death metal adventurers Frozen Soul back in 2023 as they were promoting breakout album Glacial Domination. With the blessing of label Century Media, the Texans even tapped this very column to be the vehicle to give away a custom-wrapped Glacial Domination Nintendo Switch. It would be later

Crud Human decency: nice idea, shame about the species. Florida sludge miscreantsCrudhave never sounded especially optimistic, but on “Demiurge Blues,” the first single from their forthcoming sophomore albumHuman Decency, the band returns sounding less like they crawled out of the swamp than like they were dragged back into it with a grudge. The track marks

Ah shit, here we go again. It’s Smokey Goretooth back with a new “Do I Suck?,” MetalSucks’ version of “Am I The Asshole?” where we take real life horror stories and bring them to our readers to decide if the OP sucks for some bullshit they may or may not have done. This week, we

Richmond noise rockersDumb Waiterhave turned down the intellectualism and turned up the ferocity onChange, their fittingly-titled sixth record. The first from the Virginia quartet to feature vocals (and from every member, no less!), the members of Dumb Waiter explain that they sought a new method of expression. After five challenging, avant-garde albums, the inclusion of

Just what the hell is power metal, anyway? That’s what my MetalSucks editors described this album as when they assigned it to me, and I don’t have a goddamn clue what they were talking about. I just thought all metal was the same bullshit with long-haired freaks puking their guts out into a microphone while

You don’t get just a video premiere from Canadian doom mongers, Yeti on Horseback, you get a disturbing short film—directed by David Hall—that fleshes out the nearly 14-minute “Drug Addict,” with 11 additional minutes of sampled dialogue and footage preceding it. It is bleak doom metal by any measure, and may not offer a bright

For decades, the interplanetary warriors and metal Gods we call GWAR have always dealt with change, yet one thing has always remained the exact same: when it comes to violently murdering celebrities on stage, NO ONE IS SAFE! They have laid to waste actors, mutilated pop stars, and, of course, disemboweled politicians, all in a

Well, well, well –if another week hasn’t finished in this capitalist hellscape. Not soon enough, if you ask me –I want to sleep, smoke joints, and pet my cats –or does my name give that away already? However, in that order because if sleep is for the weak, I’m as weak as that old fucker